# Constant \`File is being edited by another chat\` **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [July 31, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764 "2025-07-31T22:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Alex\_Campbell](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Alex_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/1 "2025-07-31T20:23:21Z")
### Describe the Bug Cursor keeps saying “This file is being edited by another chat”, but I only have one chat going so it seems like this must be impossible. ### Steps to Reproduce It’s intermittent and I don’t know how to reproduce it, but the request id is 5176e520-87f3-4e54-b7af-db406e8c794d. ### Expected Behavior If you only have one chat going, it shouldn’t be possible for another chat to be editing it, so you shouldn’t see this message. ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.3.7 VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: 5d56108ff2401c28f239aa2a527ef424ce7719a0 Date: 2025-07-31T04:04:35.474Z (16 hrs ago) Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0 ---
**Author:** ![CK-iRonin.IT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ck-ironin.it/32/5622_2.png) [@CK-iRonin.IT](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CK-iRonin.IT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/2 "2025-07-31T22:46:41Z")
### Describe the Bug Started in 1.3.5 for me, present in 1.3.7. I believe, after a file has been edited by a chat (or for some other reason), then I get constant `File is being edited by another chat` monits. Supper annoying! ### Steps to Reproduce Work with the same files in consecutive chats, I guess. ### Expected Behavior Edit the files! No other process is trying to edit them in parallel! Never had that issue before. ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.3.7 VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: 5d56108ff2401c28f239aa2a527ef424ce7719a0 Date: 2025-07-31T04:04:35.474Z Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.4.0 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor Yes - Cursor is unusable ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/3 "2025-08-02T10:12:51Z")
hi @CK-iRonin.IT and thank you for the bug report. When this error shows, has the file edit been accepted in previous chat? ---
**Author:** ![CK-iRonin.IT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ck-ironin.it/32/5622_2.png) [@CK-iRonin.IT](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CK-iRonin.IT)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/4 "2025-08-02T23:32:13Z")
No, I rarely use “accept”. ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/5 "2025-08-03T09:06:00Z")
Thanks, I forwarded the issue to our engineers. ---
**Author:** ![CK-iRonin.IT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ck-ironin.it/32/5622_2.png) [@CK-iRonin.IT](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CK-iRonin.IT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/6 "2025-08-04T13:48:35Z")
Even if I click `Keep All` it still would ask me about files. Without a sound alert for all actions requiring user input this can waste chats if missed. ---
**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/mattdm/32/71108_2.png) [@mattdm](https://forum.cursor.com/u/mattdm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/7 "2025-07-16T13:39:29Z")
### Describe the Bug While working on a fairly big change that _should_ just go automatically, Cursor is repeatedly stopping for approval. It says “File is being edited in another chat.” However, there is no other chat. It isn’t happening on every file or every time. Unfortunately, it seems kind of random. ### Steps to Reproduce I suspect that maybe it is happening when the _same_ chat wants to make multiple changes to the same file? Or changes that affect a line from earlier? ### Expected Behavior It’s supposed to be on ‘auto’. Just do the changes automatically. ### Screenshots / Screen Recordings ![Screenshot From 2025-07-16 09-33-53.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/c/5/c5ed621454c66274e809dd9c67043b83ee3792be.png) ### Operating System Linux ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.2.2 VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: faa03b17cce93e8a80b7d62d57f5eda6bb6ab9f0 Date: 2025-07-07T06:13:23.028Z Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Linux x64 6.15.5-200.fc42.x86\_64 ### Additional Information I am running in a Toolbx container (with --appimage-extract-and-run). ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/mattdm/32/71108_2.png) [@mattdm](https://forum.cursor.com/u/mattdm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/8 "2025-07-17T12:55:52Z")
I guess, in general, more granular settings for what to auto-accept would be really helpful. ---
**Author:** ![kreizlova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@kreizlova](https://forum.cursor.com/u/kreizlova)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/9 "2025-08-07T11:10:33Z")
I have the same problem. Same message, repatedly. I have no other open chats. How to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/constant-file-is-being-edited-by-another-chat/124764/10 "2025-08-07T13:39:50Z")
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